Hi Paul,
Paul Moore wrote:
> Excuse me butting in, but while I'm not familiar with how the
> threading work is progressing, I am nevertheless interested in it.
>
>>From the sound of this, the new threading implementation will replace
> the existing one. Is that correct? I wasn't aware that was the plan -
> I had (maybe naively) assumed that the existing threading would remain
> for those places where it is appropriate, while OS threading would be
> available via a separate vocabulary. This seems sensible to me, as I
> assume that OS threading is likely to be heavier weight than green
> threads, and so should only be used where needed.
I don't know of any concrete plans either way. My guess would be that
coorperative threading ('green' threads or 'fibers' or whatever buzzword
is applicable these days) will remain as it is and there will either be
a native thread api or coop threads will be multiplexed on top of native
threads ala erlang.
N.B. if you have experience in multithreading and want to help out then
please do! I've got very little experience in this area and am only
coding on this because I'm interested in getting my own project to run
multicore. Unfortunately I've got little time to dedicate.
> If there's anywhere I can read up on the higher level plans for
> threading (as opposed to Phil's postings on the lower-level details,
> which I've read with interest), could someone point me there?
I only know of IRC logs as a way of reading an up-to-date account of
what Slava is thinking. He seems to coordinate work and thoughts on IRC.
Cheers,
Phil
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